New Delhi, July 16 -- On the occasion of the 'National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Day', Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, BL Verma, inaugurated the helpline (14473) for waste pickers and distributed PPE kits and Ayushman cards to Sewer and Septic Tank Workers (SSWs) and Waste Pickers, in Lucknow on Wednesday, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said in a release.

According to the release, addressing the programme, Verma said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has honoured and respected those who were not cared about. He said that in 2014, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, the Prime Minister had started the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the...